Re: How do I highlight word at point?

[Andreas Politz]

Francis Moreau wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> writes:
>
> > I think what you asked may be done by typing `M-b M-@'.
>
> BTW, any ways to make this works for such words:
>
>                             this-is-a-word
>
> thanks
>
> Francis

That's usually mark-sexp ( C-M-Space ). Have a look at

M-x apropos-command RET ^mark- RET

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